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Glass fibers having non-circular cross sections, and fiber-reinforced resin compact using same

a technology of non-circular cross sections and resin compacts, which is applied in the direction of solid balls, transportation and packaging, sports equipment, etc., can solve the problems of small difference between the liquid phase the 1000-poise temperature of molten glass, and the tendency of glass fibers or the like to break, etc., to achieve excellent strength, improve mechanical strength, and improve the effect of dimensional accuracy

Active Publication Date: 2014-11-20
NITTO BOSEIKI CO LTD
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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a solution for producing glass fibers with non-circular cross sections that have excellent strength and modulus of elasticity. By using a specific glass composition, the glass fibers are less likely to undergo devitrification when melted into a molten glass. This allows for stable spinning and results in a high-quality fiber glass. The non-circular cross sections of the glass fibers also enhance the mechanical strength and dimensional accuracy of the resulting fiber-reinforced resin compact.

Problems solved by technology

The glass fibers having non-circular cross sections are generally formed of E-glass, and the glass fibers composed of E-glass may not be able to attain sufficient strength and sufficient modulus of elasticity.
However, when a glass composition as the raw material for S-glass is melted into molten glass, and glass fibers are obtained by spinning the molten glass, S-glass has a problem that the difference between the 1000-poise temperature of the molten glass and the liquid phase temperature of the molten glass is small.
When the difference between the 1000-poise temperature of the molten glass and the liquid phase temperature of the molten glass is small, in the process during which the molten glass is spun and then cooled to be glass fibers, the glass fibers tend to undergo crystallization (devitrification) even under the effect of slight temperature decrease and a problem of breakage of glass fibers or the like tends to occur.
S-glass has a narrow working temperature range, and hence, when the glass composition as the raw material for S-glass is melted to prepare a molten glass, it is difficult to stably spin glass fibers having non-circular cross sections from the resulting molten glass.

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[0062]In present Example, first a glass composition was obtained by mixing glass raw materials in such a way that the content of SiO2 was 60.2% by mass, the content of Al2O3 was 20.1% by mass, the content of MgO was 10.1% by mass, the content of CaO was 9.5% by mass and the content of Fe2O3 was 0.1% by mass, in relation to the total amount of the glass composition. In the glass composition, the sum content of SiO2, Al2O3, MgO and CaO is 99.9% by mass, and the ratio of the content of MgO to the content of CaO, MgO / CaO is 1.1. The composition of the glass composition is shown in Table 1.

[0063]Next, crushed glass having the same composition as the composition of the glass composition was placed in a platinum boat and heated in a tubular electric furnace provided with a temperature gradient, covering a range of from 1000 to 1500° C., and the temperature at which crystals started to precipitate was taken as the liquid phase temperature.

[0064]Next, the glass composition was melted in the ...

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[0071]In present Example, first a glass composition was obtained by mixing glass raw materials in such a way that the content of SiO2 was 59.2% by mass, the content of Al2O3 was 20.1% by mass, the content of MgO was 12.6% by mass, the content of CaO was 8.0% by mass and the content of Fe2O3 was 0.1% by mass, in relation to the total amount of the glass composition. In the glass composition, the sum content of SiO2, Al2O3, MgO and CaO is 99.9% by mass, and the ratio of the content of MgO to the content of CaO, MgO / CaO is 1.6. The composition of the glass composition obtained in present Example is shown in Table 1.

[0072]Next, the liquid phase temperature and the liquid phase viscosity were determined, the devitrification resistance was evaluated and the identification of the crystal species of the initial phase of devitrification was performed in exactly the same manner as in Example 1 except that the glass composition obtained in present Example was used. The results thus obtained ar...

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[0075]In present Example, first a glass composition was obtained by mixing glass raw materials in such a way that the content of SiO2 was 58.2% by mass, the content of Al2O3 was 20.7% by mass, the content of MgO was 12.0% by mass, the content of CaO was 9.0% by mass and the content of Fe2O3 was 0.1% by mass, in relation to the total amount of the glass composition. In the glass composition, the sum content of SiO2, Al2O3, MgO and CaO is 99.9% by mass, and the ratio of the content of MgO to the content of CaO, MgO / CaO is 1.3. The composition of the glass composition obtained in present Example is shown in Table 1.

[0076]Next, the liquid phase temperature and the liquid phase viscosity were determined, the devitrification resistance was evaluated and the identification of the crystal species of the initial phase of devitrification was performed in exactly the same manner as in Example 1 except that the glass composition obtained in present Example was used. The results thus obtained ar...

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Abstract

Glass fibers having non-circular cross sections, excellent strength and excellent modulus of elasticity, and a fiber-reinforced resin compact using the same are provided. The glass fibers having non-circular cross sections are obtained by spinning the molten glass prepared by melting a glass composition as a raw material for the glass fibers. The glass fibers have a composition in which the content of SiO2 is 57.0 to 63.0% by mass, the content of Al2O3 is 19.0 to 23.0% by mass, the content of MgO is 10.0 to 15.0% by mass and the content of CaO is 5.5 to 11.0% by mass, in relation to the total amount of the glass fibers, and the ratio of the content of MgO to the content of CaO, MgO / CaO falls within a range from 0.8 to 2.0.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to glass fibers having non-circular cross sections, and a fiber-reinforced resin compact using the same.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Glass fibers having non-circular cross sections have hitherto been proposed (for example, see Patent Literature 1). In the present application, a shape in which all the positions on the circumference are separated by an equal distance from the center of the shape is defined as a perfect circle, and shapes different from the perfect circle are defined as non-circular shapes. Examples of the non-circular shapes include a flat shape, a star shape, a cruciform, a polygon and a doughnut shape, and the like. Examples of the flat shape include an elliptical shape, an oval shape and a cocoon shape.[0003]The glass fibers having non-circular cross sections are mixed and melted with a thermoplastic resin, and the resulting molten mixture is injection molded to form a fiber-reinforced resin compact; in this way the glass f...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C03C13/00C08K7/14
CPCC08K7/14C03C13/006C03C13/00B29C45/0005C03C3/087C03C14/008C03C25/1095Y10T428/2976Y10T428/2973
Inventor NONAKA, TAKASHIAIZAWA, TSUNEFUMI
Owner NITTO BOSEIKI CO LTD